PIRQUETTE (C!. 232) (Seedling 44771) (Crinklette X Fluffy Ruffles) 
Silver medal award Gladiolus Growers Trial Grounds 1950 
Pirouette is a grand ruffled miniature in a new and exciting color, being a deep 
salmon with a stippled throat. 
It has long flower heads 16-18 buds and 5-6, 3%’ florets open at once, well placed 
and firmly attached. Non-hooded florets that look right at you, add to the attractive- 
ness of this variety. Early midseason. 
REDSKIN (C!. 436) (Seedling 40273) (Red Charm X J. S. Bach) 
Bright scarlet a self-color, perhaps a bit deeper in the throat. 
This big husky glad is both extremely vigorous and very, very early. It has tor 
years been one of our first varieties to bloom. Add to this extreme floresence, 8-9 
open, 6-7 in full color and you have a variety that is most valuable to the florists 
and amateur alike. 
In height it averages 50’’-55", 27” flower heads, 19-20 buds and 5” florets. Place- 
ment double and nicely tapered, well balanced spikes. Its one fault is in attachment 
which is not of the best but still quite good. When cut in tight bud it is a good 
shipper and it opens easily and well in water. 
Prices of 1952 Introductions 
Albesca 
Gatineau 
Dannant Bulbs, any size, $3.00 each or 
Sprite 10 bulbs of any one variety for $24.00 
Royal Scot 
Redskin 
Growers units of the above :— 
25 bulbs and 200 bulblets of one variety for $49.75 
75 bulbs and 600 bulblets of one variety for 134.75 
Gremlin and Pirouette—Bulbs, any size, $5.00 each or 10 for $40.00 
Growers units :— 
15 bulbs and 120 bulblets of one variety for $49.75 
45 bulbs and 360 bulblets of one variety for 134.75 
Miniature Varieties 
By creating a special section for the smaller flowered varieties you will be able to 
pick out the ones you want with less difficulty. 
May we emphasize that we are in no way the biggest growers of miniatures. In fact 
our collection is a very restricted one, centering largely around our own originations. 
It is with pardonable pride that we point to this new race of ruffled miniatures. The 
present popularity of the small ones can in no small way be attributed to ruffled types. 
We have tried to select from the non-ruffled ones, those which have beauty because 
it is something that just can’t be measured by size or lack of it. A lot of small flowered 
ones currently popular are “rediscovered” old varieties that were current during the late 
twenties and early thirties. 
You will likely be interested in knowing how the ruffled miniatures were created. 
These sfem from the miniature variety Crinklette, which has two outstanding qualities, 
heavy textured florets, that won’t wilt even on hot days, and intense ruffling. Crinklette 
has been crossed with numerous small flowered plain petalled varieties, but the resultant 
number of satisfactory type seedlings has been extremely small. 
It has meant a lot of work, sorting over the many thousands of seedlings in search 
of a few that displayed the characteristics for which we were looking. 
Slowly we progressed to the point where we had selections of ruffled seedlings which 
we could cross. Seed from these crosses have produced in the last few years seedlings that 
have retained the ruffling, small, yes even smaller floret size and a wider range of colors. 
New exciting varieties are on their way. 
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